Claude Motion Beta Explained: Access, Pricing and Export Limits
Who can use Anthropic’s Claude Motion beta, what it costs, what it makes, what Anthropic has not published about MP4 export, and what to use without a Team plan.
Everything below was checked against Anthropic's help article and launch post on 10 October 2026. The feature is in beta and will change, so check the sources before you rely on a detail.
What Claude Motion is
Claude Motion turns your content into a short animation: an explainer, an animated chart or a product walkthrough. Anthropic is explicit that it is built as code that animates text, charts, shapes and images, and that it does not use a video generation model. That has two consequences:
- Text, numbers and layouts stay exactly as written, and you can change one word, number or timing without the rest of the animation changing.
- It cannot produce realistic footage or people. For that you still need a video model such as Veo, Kling or Runway.
Anthropic's own examples are a 30-second all-hands explainer built from a quarterly report, motion added to a chart in a board deck, a product walkthrough for customer onboarding, and an animation comparing pricing plans for a sales kickoff.
It launched together with Claude Dashboards (live dashboards over company data). At the same time, Anthropic moved Docs, Slides and Design out of beta on every plan, including Free. Motion and Dashboards stayed in beta.
Who can use it
| Claude plan | Claude Motion |
|---|---|
| Free | Not available |
| Pro | Not available |
| Max | Not available |
| Team | Beta, on by default |
| Enterprise | Beta, off by default until an owner turns it on in Organization settings → Artifacts; owners can limit it to groups with custom roles |
If you are on Team or Enterprise and do not see it, ask the organization owner whether Motion is turned on for you.
How to start an animation
- In any chat, ask Claude for an animation, or choose Output → Motion. You can also open the Artifacts tab and pick a Motion template.
- Describe it. Anthropic suggests saying who the audience is, where it will play and roughly how long it should be. Attach reports, data or images so the animation uses your own content.
- Refine it by asking for changes in the chat or by editing it directly in the editor.
- Export it as an MP4, or open it in another tool. Anthropic lists Adobe, Descript, HeyGen and Runway among others, with Canva and Captions coming.
Each animation is saved in your Artifacts tab and is private until you share it.
Pricing and usage limits
There is no separate price for Claude Motion. It comes with the Team or Enterprise plan and counts toward that plan's usage limits. Anthropic notes that longer or more complex animations use more of the limit than a typical message. In practice the cost of Claude Motion is the cost of a Team or Enterprise seat; check Anthropic's pricing page for current seat prices.
Export: what is known and what is not
| Detail | Claude Motion |
|---|---|
| File format | MP4 |
| Maximum length | Not published (Anthropic’s example is 30 seconds) |
| Resolution and frame rate | Not published |
| Aspect ratios (16:9, 9:16, 1:1) | Not published |
| Music or voiceover | Not published |
| Realistic footage or people | Not supported |
| Other tools | Can be opened in Adobe, Descript, HeyGen, Runway and others |
If you need a guaranteed vertical 1080×1920 file for Reels or TikTok, or a soundtrack, test it in your own account or plan to finish the video in an editor.
Without a Team plan
On Free, Pro or Max you cannot open Claude Motion. Two routes give you Claude-written motion graphics anyway:
- A hosted generator. Opus 5.5 Video runs Claude Opus 5.5 as Claude Code in a cloud sandbox: you type a prompt, it writes the animation as HTML, CSS and JavaScript, and the site renders a 1080p, 30 fps MP4 of 15, 30 or 60 seconds in 16:9, 9:16 or 1:1, with music, your own audio or voiceover where it is switched on. You pay per video in credits; it is not connected to your Claude plan. Full comparison on the Claude Motion alternative page.
- Claude Code with Remotion. If you have a paid Claude plan and are comfortable with Node.js, Claude Code can build a Remotion project you own. See online generator vs Claude Code + Remotion.
To try the first route with a Claude Motion style brief, start from the all-hands report explainer:
Start with the report explainer brief
Fills in the generator only. You press Generate.FAQ
Is Claude Motion free?
No. It is part of the paid Claude Team and Enterprise plans and counts toward their usage limits. Free accounts do not have it.
Can I use Claude Motion on a Pro or Max plan?
Not as of 10 October 2026. The beta is limited to Team and Enterprise.
Does Claude Motion generate video with an AI video model?
No. Anthropic says it does not use a video generation model. Claude writes code that animates text, charts, shapes and images, and the result is exported as an MP4.
Can Claude Motion export vertical 9:16 video in 1080p?
Anthropic has not published Claude Motion's resolution or aspect ratios. The MP4 export itself is documented.
Is Opus 5.5 Video made by Anthropic?
No. It is an independent tool that calls Claude Opus 5.5 through Anthropic's API. Claude and Opus are trademarks of Anthropic.
Sources
All checked on 10 October 2026:
- Claude Help Center, Get started with Claude Motion
- Anthropic, Build live dashboards and animate explainers with Claude
Related pages
- Claude Motion alternative: make Claude motion graphics without a Team plan, with a side-by-side comparison.
- How to turn a product URL into an animated promo with Claude: a worked example.
- Can Claude generate videos?: what Claude can and cannot make.